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Message:: [QUOTE="Morgandude11, post: 2086254, member: 37839"]It isn't a "count the bag marks" situation.  One must take the series into consideration.  When one speaks of the Morgan dollar, bag marks are a "way of life" for so many uncirculated Morgans, due to their size and the methods of storage of the coins.  Contact is inevitable, and it is rather different from other coins, that have been in rolls, primarily.  If you look at a Morgan dollar, you can't just simply count the bag marks, and grade it.  So many other factors are included, such as luster, strike, total surface preservation, the positioning of the bag marks (are they in a critical position that would significantly hamper grade).  An example of this would be a deep, prominent bag mark across the cheek, or a slash type of mark on the neck.  Those would or should significantly influence grade, whereas bag mark chatter in the fields or in the middle of the devices that are light are a fact of Morgan collecting.  Same holds true for many gold coins, given the softness of the metal. Thus, it is difficult to assign a grade depending upon marks, unless said marks are prominent, severe, or heavy.  Obviously, the coin would be graded (or, for that matter not graded as damaged) depending on frequency, severity, and position of contact marks on an uncirculated coin.[/QUOTE]